The 2020 version of the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model went into operations at 1200 UTC on August 5, 2020. This highlights another excellent collaboration between NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center, HRD, and the Developmental Testbed Center to upgrade the model with the goal of delivering the best possible hurricane guidance to forecasters. The […]
Atmospheric and oceanic conditions are primed to fuel storm development in the Atlantic, leading to what could be an “extremely active” season, according to forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. Today, the agency released its annual August update to the Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook, initially issued in May. […]
Nikolaus was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and moved to the US at the age of 8.He is now going into his Senior year at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as a double major in Meteorology and Computational Mathematics. Nikolaus, a NOAA Hollings Scholar, began his virtual Hollings summer internship with Hui Christophersen and Jason Sippel in […]
A recent paper in The Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences using ground-based radar and radar aboard NOAA P3 Hurricane Hunter aircraft brings new insight to the eyewall replacement cycle, a process by which an outer eyewall forms, contracts, and replaces the older, inner eyewall. During these cycles, the intensity and location of the strongest winds […]
NOAA’s P-3 Hurricane Hunters concluded their Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) tasked reconnaissance into Hurricane Isaias with real-time support from AOML’s Hurricane Research Division. The aircraft took off Monday, August 3 at 5 AM EDT, from Lakeland, Florida. After facing difficulty locating the center of Isaias, AOML scientists coordinated with the flight’s onboard navigator to readjust the aircraft’s […]
NOAA’s most recent P-3 mission provided scientists and forecasters measurements indicating that Tropical Storm Isaias maintains its strength as it contends with an environment that is unfavorable for development. Scientists processed these data in real-time, and weather models used these observations to improve forecast performance. NOAA Hurricane Hunters took off at 5 PM EDT Sunday, […]
NOAA reconnaissance continues into Tropical Storm Isaias today after their most recent P-3 Hurricane Hunter aircraft returns home from its 7-hour mission tasked by the Environmental Modeling Center (EMC), which took off at 4:30 AM EDT Saturday, August 1st. Tropical Storm Isaias’ convection illustrates the storm’s battle with vertical wind shear and dry air apparent via […]
NOAA’s P-3 aircraft named “Miss Piggy” will continue Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) tasked reconnaissance into Hurricane Isaias by penetrating the core of its circulation multiple times in order to obtain the most reliable measurements of its environmental conditions. The aircraft took off from Lakeland, FL today at 4:00 PM. AOML scientists acquire and process data […]
NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) has tasked their P-3 Hurricane Hunters for reconnaissance missions into Hurricane Isaias to begin Friday, July 31 at 4:00 AM with additional missions to follow in subsequent days. Measurements collected within Isaias’ environment will provide forecasters with the most up-to-date information about the storm’s characteristics and will be used to initialize operational […]
